73 Pa. Commw. 129 | Pa. Commw. Ct. | 1983
Opinion by
Terance Harrison (Claimant) has appealed from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) which determined that he voluntarily terminated his employment without cause of a necessitous and compelling nature and was therefore ineligible for benefits under Section 402(b) (1) of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Law).
Following a telephone hearing, in which Claimant participated without counsel, a referee denied benefits concluding that Claimant had failed to take reasonable and necessary actions to maintain his employment relationship. Claimant appealed this decision to the Board which ordered a remand hearing on the issue of the timeliness of Claimant’s appeal. Following a remand telephone hearing, the Board determined that Claimant’s appeal was timely and affirmed the denial of benefits under Section 402(b) (1) of the Law.
In his pro se appeal to this Court, Claimant’s sole contention is that the Board erroneously denied him a remand hearing on the merits of bis appeal .and ineor
Since Claimant has f ailed to raise any issues concerning the merits of the Board’s decision, its order denying benefits will be affirmed.
Order
The order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, Decision No. B-193890, dated March 13,1981, is hereby affirmed.
Act of December 5, 1936, Second Ex. Sess., P.D. (1937) 2897, as amended, 43 P.S. §802(b) (1). This provision, which was recently amended, now appears at Section 402(b) of the Daw, 43 P.S. §802 (b), and provides, in pertinent part, as follows:
An employe shall be ineligible for compensation for any week—
(b) In which Ms unemployment is due to voluntarily leaving work without cause of a necessitous and compelling nature. ...
The letter reads as follows:
I herewith tender notice of the termination of my employment with The Boeing Vertol Company on 14 March 1980.
It is with considerable regret that I take this action since I have enjoyed my employment with the company but strong personal reasons dictate I must take this action.
We note that the letter does not specify that medical problems were the reason for Claimant’s termination.